Thread-guide for warping-reels.



Np. 007,005.v Patented Apr. l0, |900.

W. H. BARTOLET.

THREAD GUIDE FOR WARPING REELS.

(Application filed May 4, 1899.

rrn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM I-I. BARTOLET, OF MARYSVILLE,.WASHINGTON.

THREAD-GUIDE Fon wARPtNc-REELS. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,065, dated April'10, 1900'. Application led May/1A, 1899. vSerial No. 715,612. (Nomodel.)

To (LM whom it ntayconccwt.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BARTOLET, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marysville, in the county of Snohomish and State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Thread-Guide forVVarping-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to thread-guides for warping-reels designed for usein a position between the reel or swift and the spoolframe; and saidguide is particularly adapted to prevent the threads from catching onthe studs of the reel during the operation of winding the said threadsto form a skein.

A further object is to provide a construction which may be easilyshifted to variable positions on the cross-bar of the reelframe foralining with different series of studs on the reel in order to winddifferent skeins thereon and also to secure a firm clamping engagementof the guide to the reel-frame for holding said guide in place. l W'iththese ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination ofdevices and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 'view of a warp-reel andspool-frame with my guide in proper relation thereto. Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional view through the cross-bar of the reel-frame, showingthe guide applied. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts represented byFig. 2. Fig. et is a detail perspective view of the guide-frame.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like andcorresponding parts in eachV of the several figures of the drawingst Theguide of my invention is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 10,and it consists of the side bars 11,`a head 12, and abindingplate 13.These parts may all be cast in a single piece of metal for simplicityand strength of construction; but, if desired, the parts enumerated maybe made in separate pieces and assembled in proper relation, as shownvbyFig. 4, so that they may be secured firmly together. The binding-plate13 at one end of the guide is provided with a threaded aperture toreceive a clamping-screw 14. The side bars 11 of said Vguide arepreferably, although not essentially, of the angular form the lugs andthe plate form a recess or space 1 adapted to receive a cross-bar of thereelframe when the guide is applied in proper position. The plate 13 atone end of said guide is provided in its upper edge with a recess 16,and the head 12 `at the opposite end of said guide is forked to form thespaced prongs 17, the space between said prongs being alined with therecess 16 of the binding-plate.

In connection with the guide 10 and the cross-bar of the reel-frame Iemploy a drawing-plate 18, the width of which is equal to the spacebetween the bars 1l of the guide 10. This drawing-plate is provided witha plurality of transverse apertures 19, arranged in parallel rows oneabove the other, and said drawing-plate is adapted to fit between theside bars of the guide, so as to assume a position on the reel-framewhich will direct the threads from the plurality of spools into properrelation to the studs on the swift orV reel. This swift or'reel 2O is ofthe ordinary construction familiar to those skilled in the art, and itis provided with a number of pins or studs 21, which are arrangedin'series on the bars of said reel `and with the studs of one bardisposed in the same vertical plane as corresponding studs on each ofthe other bars of the reel. The studs or pins of the reel are properlyspaced apart to permit of the winding of the threads on the cross-barsof the reel to produce skeins on said reel, and

the different skeins are separated by the series of pins or studs 21..The reel or swift has its shaft j ournaled in proper bearings on theframe 22 to permit said reel to rotate freely therein, and to thereel-frame are firmly secured the inclined arms 23, which extend in aforward and upward direction from the standards that carry the bearingsfor the reelshaft. These inclined arms support the cross-bar 24, whichis disposed in a horizontal position above the reel-shaft and parallelthereto, and in this cross-bar I form a longitudinal groove 25, which isadapted to receive the lower yedge of the perforated drawingplate 18,asvwill hereinafter appear.

It is customary in the art to employ a spoolframe 29 in connection withthe swift or reel,

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and this frame is disposed in an inclined or upright position contiguousto the reel, substantially as shown by Fig. 1. Said frame 29 'carries aseries of arbors 30, on which are 5 loosely mounted lthe series ofspools 3l, which contain the threads of warp adapted to be wound inskeins on the swift or reel.

The guide 10 and drawing-plate 18 of my invention are used conjointly inconnection with the spool-frame and the revoluble reel for the purposeof directing the plurality of threads from the spools of the frame 29 tosaid reel, the primary office of the forked head 12 of said guide beingto so direct the threads as to prevent them from catching on the studsor pins of the reel. After the spoolframe yshall have been adjusted inproper relation to the reel I arrange the guide and drawing-plate forservice on the cross-bar 24. The guide is fitted to the cross-bar tohave the side bars 11 rest thereon, while the plate 13 bears against oneside of the bar and the lugs 15 against the opposite side of the bar.The guide extends from the cross-bar 24 toward the reel, so as tosustain the forked head 12 into close relation tothe path of thereel-bars, and this forked head in one adjustment of the guide isdisposed in a plane between two adjacent series of pins or studs on saidreel. The bindingscrew 14 is adapted to impinge against the cross-bar 24in order to hold the guide 10 firmly in one position thereon, and thedrawing-plate 18 is fitted between the side bars 11 of said guide forthe lower edge of said drawing-plate to be seated in the groove 25 ofthe cross-bar. The threads from the desired number of spools on theframe 29 are conducted through the openings in the drawing-plate and theforked head 12 of the guide, and said threads are then wrapped around orconnected to the reel between two series of studs thereon. The structureis now in condition for service, and the reel may be rotated by hand forthe purpose of drawing'l the threads from the spools and winding saidthreads into a skein on the reel. After one skein shall have been formedthe threads are broken or disconnected and the guide lO anddrawing-plate should be shifted'on the cross-bar 24 to aline with thespace between another series of studs 21 on said reel. In thisadjustment of the guide and plate the binding-screw 14 is released-Yfrom the bar 24 and the-guide slipped sidewise along the bar 24, and asthe guide travels along the bar the drawing-plate-IS is shiftedtherewith, so that the edge of the plate will travel in the groove 25,after which the screw 14 should again be tightenedin order to hold theguide and drawing-plate in proper position. The swift may now be againrotated to form another skein, and this operation may be repeated anydesired number of times until the reel shall have been wound with theproper number of skeins.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages ofthis invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is-- 1. Thecombination with a reel-frame having a cross bar, of a thread guideframe clamped on said cross-bar and provided at one end with a forkedhead, and a drawing-plate slidably supported by the cross-bar andshiftable with the thread-guide frame lengthwise of the cross-bar, saiddrawingplate being alined with the forked head longitudinally of thethread-guide frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a reel-frame having a cross-bar, of athread-guide frame having a clamp at one end and a forked head at theother end, said clamp engagingwith the cross-bar and supporting thethread-guide frame adj ustably thereon, and a drawingplate seated on thecross-bar and engaging with the thread-guide frame to be shiftabletherewith, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a reel-frame having a grooved cross-bar, a reel,and a spoolframe, of a thread-guide frame havinga clamp at one end and aforked head, said clamp engaging the grooved cross-bar, and adrawingplate seated in the groove of the cross-bar and iitted betweenthe sides of the thread-guide frame to be shiftable therewith,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BARTOLET.

Witnesses:

STEVE SAUNDERs, J OHN A. KENNEDY.

